Elderly Role In Chinese Animated Film

The shape of role is an important task of the creation of animated film, and it isprimary task. A good animated film should have more than one animated characterswho is full of distinctive features, they are the “actors”, they have the factions ofmolding personality, promoting the plot, clearing the fate of the characters andperforming the themes of the movie, etc. Therefore, the shape of role is the basicwork, it is directed to the film from box office to word-of-mouth. Furthermore,another important path to profitability is nothing but the animation derivatives. It isthe most traditional and effective means to make uses of role to getting commercialinterests. Therefore, the shape of role is the original impetus for the animated filmdepth audience living, it is directly related to commercial value-added of theanimated film. In a word, the shape of role is important to a film.Chinese animated film early start and was famous in the world in the late20thcentury,it had gotten the world-famous reputation of “Chinese animation school”.Chinese animated film has been nearly a hundred years history, Audiencesremembered many classic animated characters, such as Monkey King, Ne zha, gourdbrothers..., In addition, there are some anther animated characters who impressedpeople deeply. They are elderly roles, they are use to cheerful, humorous and full ofwisdom, they are affable but serious, authority but pedantic. The creators have takenthe trouble to shape each works with a wide range of elderly role to express theunderstanding of this special group of elderly and care, as well as affirmation of therole the elderly. In short, the emergence role of the elderly adds the depth of thecontent and the thickness of the life to the animated film.This paper through the study of the role of the elderly Chinese animated film,attributed several common types of elderly roles, analysis of the functionalsignificance of the elderly role in the animated film, combined with outstandingforeign animated film comparison, pointing out that our animated film shaping theelderly role Some deficiency, make some reference to suggestions. Specifically, thispaper explained from three aspects of the role of the elderly in a Chinese animated film:A Chinese animated film the elderly roles and typed performance. The influenceof traditional Chinese culture, Chinas animation creators elderly role preference,almost every animated movie has the figure of the elderly, the elderly becomeindispensable role in Chinese animated film. Wisdom of the elderly is the mostcommon, they are often the incarnation of God, sometimes also like theencyclopedia of knowledge, the wisdom of the elderly almost omniscient,omnipotent; Fool stark contrast to a common type of role for the elderly and thewisdom of the elderly reflects our animation creators of the negative value of therole of "a creative imagination. With a "judge" the identity of the elderly in theanimated film in China frequently, they tend to judge who acts as a child, over time,become a tacit objective perspective.Firstly, The elderly roles of Chinese animated film and typed performance. Theinfluence of traditional Chinese culture, Chinas animation creators elderly rolepreference, almost every animated movie has the figure of the elderly, the elderlybecome indispensable role in Chinese animated film. Wisdom of the elderly is themost common, they are often the incarnation of God, sometimes also like theencyclopedia of knowledge, the wisdom of the elderly almost omniscient,omnipotent; Fool stark contrast to a common type of role for the elderly and thewisdom of the elderly reflects our animation creators of the negative value of therole of "a creative imagination. With a "judge" the identity of the elderly in theanimated film in China frequently, they tend to judge who acts as a child, over time,become a tacit objective perspective.Second,Chinese animated film in the elderly the functional significance of therole. The elderly are often young and old, with a common narrative strategy, withsupporting roles as "functional character, play a role in promoting storydevelopment.Third, the Chinese animated film in the elderly role shaping the defect. In thischapter, the author from the two aspects of the design and narrative, combined withthe comparison of the role of the elderly and foreign ones, pointed out that Chinas animated film of the few shortcomings of in shaping the elderly role. Theseshortcomings include a single role modeling and no differences to the role of theelderly by the shackles and the elderly of the symbolic role of gender imbalance.Chinese animated film from the start of when it will be the elderly as theindispensable role written to the animated film, whether it is the wisdom of thefoolish, or severe hidden in kindly old man role for the film to promote a sense of funand life the heavy. Now, China has a large number of animation fans and researchersis the rise of the Chinese animation efforts, as a nation, has deep cultural heritageand respecting traditional the elderly role inheritance and innovation shaping willflourish animation career injected new vitality.